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Timeline of Art History: Korea, 500–1000 A.D.
"Through a series of military and political moves, the kingdom of Silla (57 B.C–668 A.D.) achieves dominance over most of the Korean peninsula by the end of the seventh century." With a period overview, list of key events, and 9 related artworks. Also has links to additional information about the royal tombs of the Silla kingdom and celadon from the Koryô dynasty (918-1392), an abridged list of rulers in Korea, and timelines of China and Japan during this time.

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Timeline of Art History: South Asia, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.
"The first millennium B.C. is a dynamic period in the development of South Asian culture and artistic traditions." With a period overview, list of key events, and 3 related artworks. Also has links to additional information about the Kushan (ca. BCE 2C-3C CE) and Mauryan (ca. BCE 323-185) empires and the Shunga dynasty (ca. BCE 2C-1C), and a timeline of Southeast Asia during this time.

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Timeline of Art History: South Asia, 1400–1600 A.D.
"A period of great change for the South Asian subcontinent. In the north, the declining Delhi Sultanate gives way to the Mughals, who establish the largest empire ever seen on the subcontinent." With a period overview, list of key events, and 10 related artworks. Also has links to an abridged list of Islamic rulers and timelines of the Himalayan Region and Southeast Asia during this time, plus additional information about the art of the Mughal dynasty and the Islamic art of the Deccan.

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Timeline of Art History: South Asia, 1–500 A.D.
"Smaller regional centers across the north, under Kushan control in the early centuries of the first millennium A.D., are brought together under the Gupta dynasty in the fourth century." With a period overview, list of key events, and 6 related artworks. Also has links to additional information about the Kushan empire (ca. BCE 2C-3C CE), and a timeline of Southeast Asia during this time.

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Timeline of Art History: South Asia, 1600–1800 A.D.
"At the start of this period, the Mughal dynasty is at the height of its power, having been secured and consolidated by Akbar (d. 1605). Under his successors in the seventeenth century, more of the subcontinent is incorporated into the Mughal empire as the rulers of the Deccan are finally conquered and become Delhi's feudatories." With a period overview, list of key events, and 10 related artworks. Also has links to an abridged list of Islamic rulers and timelines of the Himalayan Region and Southeast Asia during this time, plus additional information about the art of the Mughal dynasty and the Islamic art of the Deccan.

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Timeline of Art History: South Asia, 2000–1000 B.C.
"As the culture of the great Indus Valley civilization declines, new languages and cultural orientations are introduced into South Asia by people migrating from the northwest." With a period overview, list of key events, and 4 related artworks. Also has link to a timeline of Southeast Asia during this time.

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Timeline of Art History: South Asia, 8000–2000 B.C.
"South Asia is the center of one of the great ancient civilizations of the world—the Indus Valley/Harappan civilization in present-day Pakistan and northwestern India." With a period overview, list of key events, and 3 related artworks. Also has link to a timeline of Southeast Asia during this time.

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Timeline of Art History: South Asia and the Himalayan Region, 1800–1900 A.D.
"Established as a commercial interest in the seventeenth century, the British East India Company has become a military force by the nineteenth. A 1799 victory over Tipu Sultan of Mysore (r. 1782–99) propels further conquests in this period, and the company expands its control into Sind, Punjab, Oudh, and Burma." With a period overview, list of key events, and 9 related artworks. Also has links to an abridged list of Islamic rulers and a timeline of Southeast Asia during this time, plus additional information about the art of the Mughal dynasty.

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